I was thinking in the shower today and I came to the realization that no one I know in real life likes Prince's music. I even decided to do a search on Facebook for people in the high school I went to that had Prince listed under music they liked and I was the only one that showed up. Also on Facebook, I set my status to "I think everyone should go out and buy the new Prince album" and I got one response, which was simply "no."

How do I imbue all these non-believers with some Purple Spirit?
Do any of you have similar situations?

cdreed3000 said:

I think most people here are in the same boat.

Thank God for the internet...

I think I'm possibly the only person in my city that likes prince.

On the plus side I'm working on converting some people.

Why worry about what other people listen to?

cdreed3000 said:

A shower with internet access, how did you pull that one off

I totally get you.
No one I know likes prince they think he's either some pervert or gay.

Shawnt26 said:

Because conversations that start "hey, do you like prince?"
and end with
"no."


Aren't particularly thrilling.

Spank86 said:

I may very well be the only in my city that likes him as well

I know right, I was just thinking....Who do I know that will go to his concert with me if he comes to Atlanta???? IDK!!!!! I have college kids that live next door to me that are always having jam sessions and I pulled up Sunday blasting "Dreamer" he asked me who was I listening to I told Him Prince he was like..."No shit??? really??" I said Yeah he did'nt believe me so I let him borrow the CD and he likes lotusflow3r but hated mplssound!!! So I may have a convert. My closest friends like slow jam Prince but thats all I have friends that have not even seen Purple Rain!!!!!

This is the paradox of Prince I always find. Not necessarily now, but throughout Prince's career.

Whenever he has an album in the top Billboard charts, I can never find anyone that has bought it or likes it!

It's a paradox because how can he be #1 yet no one likes his music?

(I know people love Prince, but it just always seems to be the case. Unless Prince is actually just buying all his own CDs, which would be a genius move if all he cared about was chart placement. He is a millionaire, afterall.)

It's kind of like... when George W. Bush got re-elected. People everywhere on TV and radio were against Bush. Every single person I spoke to HATED Bush. But yet, he still got elected...

Insider trading, anyone?

Moonbeam said:

even in prince's prime!

veronikka said:

well that rules us out being in the same city then

I've always got it on the van stereo.

I think that most of Prince fans are scared of being placed in the same cubical as Prince. Yet let there be a concert announcememt and watch the masses move. I was surprised as to who I knew were avid listeners.

i got 4 people who are enthusiasts around me and quite a few casuals.

my lady began as a no and now fully loves him after i gave her some albums.

its easy to get people into prince, the music does it, he has all the styles for anyone so, just match it.

berniejobs said:

the long tail. '3121' was #1 the first week but how many people ended up buying it in total?

and this is why we ORG, well... this and GD & P+R...

i only know a few people that like prince. i have seen one car driving around my town with the on the back window several times, but have never been able to get the persons attention driving it.

Moonbeam said:

Sad, but true. Thank goodness a good friend of mine, who is also a Prince fan, lives only about 20 minutes away from here. I don't think I know of too many other people who like Prince.

kimrachell said:

Wow, that's awesome!

I know a girl at work who likes him...but hasn't heard anything from him since 84

I only know a couple people that say they like Prince, but most people I know at least respect Prince as a musician. For all the people that don't like Prince, I hope that whoever’s music they are into has been as fulfilling to them as Prince's music has been to me.

Peace.

I miss living with/around Prince fans that were as hardcore as I am.

I've been thinking I need to find some. I had even planned to troll Target Sunday morning to see if there were any other purple freaks there that I might be able to buddy up to.

But I couldn't get my ass out of bed in time to get there at 8.

funkycat00 said:

There are alot of these folk out here

nurseV said:

Sad, isn't it?

I went to Target the other day and there was this couple standing at the checkout, she was grabbing one of the new CDs and just looking at it and her husband whatsoever slapped her hand and said "WHAT are you DOING? Put that back."

Nina1993 said:

WTF????? She needs to dump that loser PRONTO! If a guy did that to me, I'd smack him back and say, "No, I'm buying this CD, and you're not going to stop me!"

psychodelicide said:

Truly-What do they think he's been doing since 84?

psychodelicide said:

nurseV said:

Hibernating? I'm not sure.